It was no coincidence, in other words, that J. T. was the leader of this crack gang.

True, it was only the leaders of the crack gangs who were getting rich.

The leader of another crack gang once told Venkatesh that he could easily afford to pay his foot soldiers more, but it wouldn't be prudent.

"But there's no way to tie this in with the crack gang?"

The team develops money troubles due to having driven most of the crack gangs out of town, plus renovation bills.

But in the past, they weren't mugged on the way home from work by crack gangs.

I work in the South Bronx and see 7-year-old children already eager to work for crack gangs.

Can the bad old days of mayhem, with roving crack gangs and more than 2,200 murders a year, be far behind?

The first deals with a much-talked-about article on the crack gangs of Los Angeles.

The supposed anti-drug campaign slackened and the crack gangs grew stronger.